CNN's Jake Tapper Blames Certain 'Elected Officials' and 'TV Anchors' for Political Violence

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Jake Tapper Blames Certain ‘Elected Officials’ and ‘TV Anchors’ for Political Violence: ‘They Dehumanize Opponents’

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jake-tapper-blames-certain-elected-officials-and-tv-anchors-for-political-violence-they-dehumanize-opponents/

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The CNN host stated conservatives are hardly the only perpetrators of political violence.

“As much as Donald Trump is part of the problem here, you need to know these threats and horrific acts are not only from the right,” he continued. “Back in 2017, Republican congressman Steve Scalise was nearly killed after being shot during an attack on a congressional baseball game. Supreme Court justices are also under threat. This summer, a man traveled to D.C. From California armed to the teeth with the stated intention of killing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.”

He later added that these incidents aren’t one-offs and blamed certain politicians and media figures for fomenting violence:

We’re at a moment right now of extreme polarization, where calls for violence are leading to actual violence. We cannot pretend that these are all isolated, fringe events. There are people in mainstream accepted society – elected officials, TV anchors, others – who have been creating a permission structure that is helping to open the door to this violence, a permission structure created when they dehumanize opponents or smear them, or belittle or make light of acts or threats of violence against their perceived foes or spread conspiracy theories.

Watch above via CNN.